COSMOS 2458 (GLONASS)

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COSMOS 2458 (GLONASS) is classified as:

Glonass Constellation

NORAD ID: 36113

Int'l Code: 2009-070C

Perigee: 19,124.7 km

Apogee: 19,152.5 km

Inclination: 64.9 °

Period: 675.8 minutes

Semi major axis: 25509 km

RCS: 3.9811 m² (large)

Launch date: December 14, 2009
Source: Commonwealth of Independent States (former USSR) (CIS)
Launch site: TYURATAM MISSILE AND SPACE COMPLEX (TTMTR)

COSMOS 2457 is a Glonass satellite, designed to last seven years broadcasting navigation signals to Russian military and civilian users. The Glonass system is Russia's counterpart to the U.S. Global Positioning System. Glonass data are used around the world to determine users' coordinates, velocity and precise time.

1 36113U 09070C   26012.06884611 -.00000051  00000-0  00000-0 0  9992
2 36113  64.9071  76.1968 0005445 307.1840  70.5231  2.13082144125136

Source of the keplerian elements: AFSPC